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A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one with the other; but nothing is recognized by Christians as virtuous or useful which is not helpful to the future life.
Saint Ambrose
Life
Future
Duty
Nothing
Other
Virtuous
Recognized
Future Life
Also
Which
Useful
Helpful
Comparison
Chosen
Christians
Two
Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
Samuel Butler
You
Will
Virtuous
Vicious
People romanticize struggle and obscurity, and I get that, but it's a very one-dimensional argument to say that people who have money are evil, and artists who are poor are virtuous.
Shepard Fairey
Struggle
People
Money
Evil
Argument
Virtuous
Say
One-Dimensional
Obscurity
Very
Get
Artists
Poor
Who
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Terry Eagleton
Good
You
Human Being
Brilliant
Practice
Virtue
Virtuous
Sphere
Those
Moral
Bores
Something
Trombone
Takes
Like
Parties
Call
Saints
Get
Human
Being
Being Human
Who
Tolerating
Playing
Christians
It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.
Tom G. Palmer
Good
Healthy
Live
Virtuous
Individuals
Obvious
Different
Require
Different Things
Lives
Things
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man can be eminently virtuous who is not accustomed to an extensive range of reflection.
William Godwin
Good
Man
Reflection
Mind
Active
Innocence
Virtue
Virtuous
Range
Promotion
General
Ardent
General Good
Demands
Employment
Accustomed
Who
Extensive
My Constanze is the virtuous, honourable, discreet, and faithful darling of her honest and kindly-disposed Mozart.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Faithful
Virtuous
Honourable
Darling
Discreet
Mozart
Her
Honest
There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Woman
Weary
Virtuous
Trade
Many
Her
I am known for always playing virtuous characters.
John Kani
I Am
Virtuous
Characters
Known
Always
Am
Playing
Everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.
Brandon Sanderson
Reward
Cold
Virtuous
Gain
Ice Cream
Suffer
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